forebears

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She also started incorporating images of other inspiring women, including her maternal forebears and the Cuban American sculptor Ana Mendieta.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

In addition to her many forebears, the Bride has many successors and imitators in Hollywood movies, but seldom do any of these quippy, blasé screen idols exhibit one-tenth of her grit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

One of the Lynxley forebears invented a system of “weather walls” that ensure each type of animal can exist in his own ideal climate, from snowbound plains to the savannah.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

She also believes that it is important for the Muslim community to be aware of their forebears who "volunteered for service voluntarily and gave of their best".

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

He was not wrong, Jon Connington reflected, leaning on the battlements of his forebears.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin